Exoplanet Discovery

Big Think Home

Exoplanet Discovery

Everything Articles
A dark, rocky planet orbits in space with the sun illuminating its edge, surrounded by stars and distant cosmic clouds.
Starts With A Bang
JWST could expose alien biosignatures on hazy exoplanets
The most common type of exoplanet is neither Earth-sized nor Neptune-sized, but in between. Could these haze-rich worlds house alien life?
Ethan Siegel
A bright, circular blue and white object is centered against a black background, with a smaller red object to the lower left.
Starts With A Bang
Starts With A Bang podcast #121 – Direct exoplanet imaging
Going back to 1990, we hadn't even found one planet outside of our Solar System. As we close in on 6000, we now see many of them directly.
Ethan Siegel
Learn from the world's biggest thinkers.
© Copyright 2007-2026 & BIG THINK, BIG THINK PLUS, SMARTER FASTER trademarks owned by Freethink Media, Inc. All rights reserved.